Mostly About Organized Crime

03/11/2018

A Tijuana municipal judge "is charged with drug smuggling after 38 pounds of cocaine were found hidden in his Jeep Liberty while crossing the border, according to a complaint filed in San Diego federal court" as reported by The San Diego Union-Tribune.

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03/01/2018

Jan Kuciak, the Slovak journalist murdered with his fiancee last week in their home, "was looking into whether the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian organized crime syndicate, had funneled money into Slovakia, investing in real estate and other ventures, and developing ties to Slovak politicians" as reported by The New York Times.

The 'Ndrangheta from Italy's southern Calabria region controls the European cocaine trade, and further has become entrenched in Australia, Canada and the United States. In recent years Italian, American and Canadian police have arrested dozens of suspected mobsters from the 'Ndrangheta on both sides of the Atlantic for their alleged roles in running cocaine through Toronto and New York.

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02/26/2018

Surete du Quebec officers visited 75 bars across Quebec on Saturday night "as part of an anti-organized crime and drug trafficking operation" as reported by CTV News: "no arrests were made but police said the operation allowed police to gather information and develop links with bar staff and customers and promote an atmosphere of security within the establishments."

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02/20/2018

Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito were acquitted on charges they ran a cocaine ring after Quebec Superior Court Judge Eric Downs "ruled the police illegally wiretapped them in the offices of their lawyer" as reported by the Montreal Gazette: "the judge ruled in favour of Sollecito and Rizzuto's request to have the evidence excluded because the authorities had not put in place sufficient measures to prevent the interception of conversations between lawyers and other clients at the office."

Leonardo is a son of Vito Rizzuto who ruled the crime family until his 2013 passing, and Sollecito allegedly was a top lieutenant for the deceased boss.